ROLLA, Mo. -- Missouri S&T defeated the Calvary University Warriors 107-50 today… improving to 7-0 for the just the second time in school history. The only other time that the Miners started the season 7-0 was in 1986-87 season with a team that featured three all-conference nominees including All-American Duane Huddleston and
Bill Walker.
The Warriors were able to hang with the Miners in the opening minutes of the game. While never leading, they did get a few impressive field goals from Matthew Hammonds early to keep it a one-point game in the first three minutes.
The Miners dropped the hammer on the Warriors in a 28-2 run over the next eight minutes, with
Garrett Hines (Nixa, MO/Nixa) and
Blaise Beauchamp (Minnetonka, MN/Hopkins) combining for 16 of those points as the Miners took a 36-9 lead.
Calvary started spreading the ball around better more than halfway through the first, scoring their next four buckets from four different players. S&T continued to surge ahead though and led 58-19 at the half.
The Miners began to pull even further away at the beginning of the second half, with a layup from
Alex Benassi (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit) at 16:15 putting the team up by 46 points. Hammonds would respond by leading the Warriors on a 9-2 run over the next two minutes, cutting the Miners' lead to 39 points. The Miners answered with a run of their own though, putting up 16 straight unanswered points to pull ahead 87-32 inside of eight minutes to play.
The Warriors would be able to pull within 50 points of S&T just once more before the Miners ended the game on an 11-3 run for a 107-50 victory over the visitors.
Beauchamp led the team in scoring, putting up fifteen points and going 5-of-7 from the field. Beauchamp,
Cameron Stovall (St. Louis, MO/Vashon), and
Dwayne Foley (St. Louis, MO/Ladue) all scored season-highs today with 15, 10, and 12, respectively, with Foley's being a career-high as well. While
Zac Brown (Collinsville, OK/Collinsville) did not score at all, he did lead the team in rebounds (8) and blocks (3).
What's Next
The Miners travel to Las Vegas, Nevada tomorrow for the Holiday Hoops Classic at South Point Arena.
